Wolfgang Schad

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Wolfgang Schad

Wolfgang Schad (born July 27, 1935 in Biberach an der Riss ) is a German evolutionary biologist , Goetheanist and anthroposophist .

Life

After many years as a Waldorf teacher at the Goetheschule in Pforzheim , Wolfgang Schad became a lecturer at the seminar for Waldorf education in Stuttgart in 1975 . In addition, he was an employee of the educational research center of the Federation of Free Waldorf Schools in Stuttgart, which he temporarily headed.

In 1992, Schad took over  the specially founded chair for evolutionary biology and morphology at the private university in Witten / Herdecke , although he had not yet obtained a doctorate . He submitted his dissertation later. The founding of the chair was made possible by the patron Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth , after whom the institute was named.

Schad has now retired and Bernd Rosslenbroich has taken over the management of the institute.

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In his main work Mammals and Humans (1971), Schad transferred Rudolf Steiner's idea of ​​the “threefold structure of the human organism” in the sense of a comparative morphology to mammals .

From 1982 to 1985, Schad published four anthologies with works by various authors under the title Goethean Natural Science in the (anthroposophical) publishing house Freie Geistesleben . With this he established the term Goetheanism in the context of anthroposophy.

Numerous works by Schad appeared in anthroposophical publications. He wrote only very occasionally for non-anthroposophical organs.

Publications (selection)

  • Mammals and humans. On Gestalt biology from the point of view of threefolding . Free intellectual life (human studies and education 26), Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 978-3772511509
    • Extended new edition (with Heinrich Brettschneider and Albrecht Schad), Stuttgart 2012
  • Flower walks. Exercises in observing nature (with Ekkehard Schweppenhäuser). Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 1975; 2nd supplement A .: Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 978-3596255542
  • People and the landscape of Africa. On ecogeography, biology and ethnology (with Jochen Bockemühl and Andreas Suchantke ). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 978-3772506772
  • The sexuality of man. Viewpoints on their educational treatment (with Andreas Suchantke and Stefan Leber ). Free Spiritual Life (Human Studies and Education 39), Stuttgart 1981; 2nd ext. A. ibid. 1989, ISBN 978-3772502392
  • Human prenatality. The thought of development in embryology . Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 978-3878383512
  • About life in the light space . Goethean Natural Science Volume 3 Zoology, Stuttgart 1983, pages 42-49.
  • Jam phenomena on human bones . Goethean Natural Science Volume 4 Anthropology, Stuttgart 1985, pages 9-29.
  • Shape motifs of fossil human forms . Goethean Natural Science Volume 4 Anthropology, Stuttgart 1985, pages 57–152.
  • The ear organization . Goethean Natural Science Volume 4 Anthropology, Stuttgart 1985, pages 174-189.
  • Dynamic morphology of the heart and circulation . Goethean Natural Science Volume 4 Anthropology, Stuttgart 1985, pages 190-206.
  • Responsible freedom based on human understanding. On the individual and social problems of abortion . Free Spiritual Life (Studies and Experiments 34), Stuttgart 1992,
  • Education is an art. Pedagogy from anthroposophy . Fischer paperback, Frankfurt am Main 1986; 3rd ext. A .: Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-596-25558-9
  • Goethe's world culture (= Collected Writings 1). Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 3-7725-1971-7
  • The evolution of man from the point of view of natural science and anthroposophy . 2 lectures on 2 audio CDs. Sentovision, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-03752-033-8
  • Open evolution . 2 lectures on 2 audio CDs. Sentovision, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-03752-051-2
  • Evolution as a principle of understanding in the cosmos, man and nature . Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-7725-1809-6
  • Andreas Suchantke, Wolfgang Schad: Ecology. Free Spiritual Life Publishing House, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 978-3-7725-0909-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Witten / Herdecke Faculty of Health: Institute for Evolutionary Biology
personal data
SURNAME Schad, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German evolutionary biologist, Goetheanist and anthroposophist
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Biberach an der Riss